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HSJ LocalMajor teaching trust orders second 'hidden waiters' review
A large teaching hospital has ordered its second review of waiting lists in a year after another cohort of patients were found to be missing from records.
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NewsBurnham: Reconfiguration took focus 'away from where it should have been'
Andy Burnham says health leaders in Greater Manchester should reflect on the much heralded reconfiguration of hospital services in the region, saying it “took time, energy and focus away from where it should have been”.
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NewsPeter Homa reveals next NHS role
Veteran NHS trust chief executive Peter Homa will become the first chair of the NHS Leadership Academy next month.
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NewsFormer success regime and SHA boss to lead troubled STP
The former chair of the North Cumbria success regime has been appointed to chair an STP going through the national capped expenditure process, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew NHS Improvement chair urged to retire Tory whip
The Commons health committee has endorsed the appointment of Baroness Dido Harding as NHS Improvement’s new chair, but recommended she relinquish the Conservative whip.
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HSJ LocalChief officer leaves financially challenged CCG
North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group chief officer Liane Langdon is stepping down from the role.
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NewsSuspended NHS app cleared to resume service
An NHS developed app used by half a million patients is back online, having assured regulators of its safety, less than a month after NHS England pressure forced a suspension.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England leaders' decisions not 'consistent with values'
NHS England’s annual staff survey, which has been obtained by HSJ, reveals significant concerns that decisions made by leaders are not consistent with its values.
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News'Worrying' staff survey reveals impact of NHS Improvement merger on morale
The negative impact of continued organisational change on employees at NHS Improvement has been revealed in damning staff survey results obtained by HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Consultancy firm avoids prosecution over use of restricted NHS data
A large consultancy firm has escaped prosecution over the use of restricted NHS data to win contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrusts plan 'ambitious' merger in under six months
Two Bedfordshire hospital trusts intend to merge by April – a timeframe that both organisations admit is “ambitious”.
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NewsDalton rules himself out of NHS Improvement chief executive job
Sir David Dalton has said he is committed to leading the newly structured “group” of five hospitals in Greater Manchester and does not want to be the next chief executive of NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalStruggling teaching hospital buddied with best performing A&E
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been buddied with Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust as it looks to “rapidly redesign” its emergency care service.
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News18 week waits, August 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for August 2017
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HSJ LocalPatient died after being discharged with pencil inside them
An inquest will be held after a hospital discharged a patient despite staff knowing he had a 17cm object inside him, which turned out to be a pencil that later killed him.
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NewsExclusive: Current providers set to win major new procurement contracts
Multimillion pound procurement contracts are set to be awarded to the incumbent purchasing providers to the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health prosecuted for third time
A third prosecution will be brought against Southern Health Foundation Trust after a patient was found dead in a hospital in Southampton five years ago.
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NewsGovernment revives plan for medical examiners to review deaths
The government has revived plans for a national independent medical examiner service to review all deaths reported to coroners.
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NewsExclusive: Second private hospital stops taking new patients after CQC concerns
A second mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care closed to new admissions in July after the Care Quality Commission raised serious concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust pulls out of contract amid whistleblowers’ safety concerns
An independent investigation has been commissioned into quality and safety concerns in prison health services in Liverpool, while the trust that runs them has given early notice on its contract.